[Submission] Self-Portrait as a Rose
when he was younger, he thought that roses / shrunk to blackberries in autumn
This poem was submitted to the White Lily Society for the limited time submission prompt “Dead Girls”.
Frankie Martins is a 16 year old poet from Surrey, UK currently studying for his A-Levels and has previously been commended twice as a Foyle Young Poet (2022, 2023) and published in the 2024 poetry and photography anthology Flora/Fauna. He is also an avid artist and finds that the combination of these different art forms lends a highly visual element to his writing. He finds inspiration in everything from summer holidays to existential dread and also draws on his experience of the world as a queer, transgender person. For updates, he can be found on Instagram @ frankiemartins_writer
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